R.E.M. - "That Beat" Murmur Outtake

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[@lorenwyman]

There's few greater joys than witnessing these fab four casually being themselves!

[@noisepuppet]

I think this song felt more like their live shows than most of the material that made it onto Murmur.

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

Yeah, a lot of the Murmur stuff feels a little bit sluggish compared to their live renditions.

[@synthmalicious7541]

Sounds like Shaking Through, Radio Free Europe, and Pretty Persuasion all at once

[@ivanblevins3830]

How is there still so much undiscovered greatness from these guys??Love it.Hearing a bit of 'Ages of You' on this one.

[@jasonsamboni]

I hear Burning Down.

[@TomDavisVideo]

Has alot of REM songs in it. Mystery To Me, Ages of You, Radio Free, Bandwagon, Romance, Burnin Down. etc

[@jan-keesverschuure2436]

Should have been on Dead Letter Office

[@tyronerodgers]

Is this still officially unreleased? Time to put out that career spanning box set with all the unreleased songs!

[@xxjoeyladxx]

Agreed.

[@reverendfleshhammer]

The Automatic Box Set

[@versioncity1]

funny how it was always Mike Mills that counted them in, never Bill.

[@df9117]

"Yes, rollin'; been rollin'."

[@finvandewall2445]

OMIGOD! WISH THIS WAS ON THE ALBUM

[@earinsound]

Doesn't fit at all though...

[@danopo]

Amazing how good, how young. They're about 20 years old here; Peter a bit older.

[@WickedWings07]

Ahh, I've heard this. This was available to listen to on I believe OnlineAthens after When The Light Is Mine came out I believe. I like how the bass has hints of 'Shaking Through' in it.

[@v-town1980]

Loved this since I heard it on the live bootleg show "So Much Younger Then."

[@merlinaudubon6202]

"I'm not even gonna comment on that one."

[@watchinshadows]

Should have been included on the album!

[@thirdofaman]

Thank you for uploading.

[@stoonybridge]

This is Pretty Persuasion

[@swarmmaster]

Doesn't seem to fit 'Murmur' at all...would have fit on 'Reckoning' however.

[@mrblisterfist]

Wow! Your "closet" seems to have gotten much larger. Thanks for all the new uploads! ~be well

[@scottbriggs691]

That's Old Man Katsey....

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

He wants to be a feline. First, he's got to learn to scratch. He's gonna be a cat on a tennis match.

[@jenniferkonstant5920]

Lol nice!

[@wldw10]

They sure were great then weren't they...

[@timkelly]

My favorite of their unreleased, if not my favorite of all their songs. What's your source? The actual dialogue after the song is Michael asks, "Bill, how come you didn't sing?" Don (or Mitch) says "That was great!" and Mike says, "Yeah, we don't have a drummer anymore." The dialogue here sounds like what's before "All the Right Friends" on the Dead Letter Office/Chronic Town re-issue.

[@golderjames]

Thank you very, very much Chout :-)

[@thebestREM]

fantastico..!!

[@avidrocker]

la de de da da da aye

[@dathorndike4908]

Is Michael actually singing lyrics in the verses or just singing melodies?

[@REMONSTER]

Leave the kitty out of it.

[@flagemdown66]

sorry, I'm glad they kept working on it...

[@sirlordcomic]

A bit West Side Story. Good tune.

[@HagerTX]

someone sent me a link to dl these audio files today.

[@REMchout]

@mrblisterfist In the wake of REM's demise, other people have been digging in their closets!!!!

[@shizw1919]

you gotta smackarack it!

[@DerAlmighty]

Shame they nixed this one...

[@ivorbigonee]

the beat on murmur? really? did I miss this on murmur for 20+ years?

[@sashwap]

yeah man, you missed it

[@javierperezlv]

This should if been on murmer, I think it's better then most if the tracks on there!! It's funny what most people think what's good and what's bad!! I'm glad I'm not one of them!!

[@swarmmaster]

Yes. I don't hear it at ALL.